Persona Rant

So I drafted a very long-winded post on Friday about all the backseat moderators on the Aeria forums and how much I dislike them; then I realized I could sum it up with just that-- I hate backseat moderators.

For those who are unaware, I went Neutral. People seem to obsess over the Law/Chaos doramaz still, so between wanting to not be a part of that anymore, and wanting to abuse a new crystal setup, going Neutral was the best option for me.

In unrelated-to-Imagine-news, I got a PSP for myself as well. So far I've picked up Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, Patapon, and Persona. I have to say, I'm overall pleased with Persona; I don't see the point in complaining about the music, considering up until this updated remake came out all we had was Persona: Black Mark Edition for the PSX... Anything is better than that.

Mark --><-- Black Mark

It could have been worse...
we could have had Blackface Mark D:

I still think the battle system should have been remade, but maybe some people enjoy feeling like they're really living in 1996 again. I've never had particularly fond feelings for the first Persona title; though I'm rather indifferent towards the Persona series as a whole. In the wide spectrum of RPGs available on the market, I will play any Shin Megami Tensei-spinoff game before I'll pick up any other series (save for another Mother/Earthbound game or Phantasy Star 5 if it ever gets made). Anything made by Square-Enix (save for a few games, like Final Fantasy Tactics, Star Ocean or Valkyrie Profile) is just going to be another cliche' game, and once you've played one N.I.S. tactical RPG you've played the other 5000 they've made. However, I have a love-hate relationship with Persona. It teeters on that fine-line of being a SMT game and not being a SMT game. It has the same demons, same sort of battle system nowadays, and same sort of questionable imagery/subject matter... but it just doesn't feel SMT enough for me. Lately I feel like it's just Teenage Angst: The Video Game. Bring back the SMT games of dystopian, post-apocalyptic worlds with man vs. God conflicts, and a little less of the high school setting of Persona. They're still good games; I'd just rather see the original series pick back up. SMT4 needs to happen; I'm hoping Strange Journey is a step in the right direction.

Precious Time

Oh, sweet december, almost Christmas already. I'm officially playing Megaten for 1 year, and now looking back at everything, it's just...wow. No, really. God, I've felt really pro using Cu Chulainn, grinded for hours at Zhens on Shinagawa (and got a few surprise rapes on new moon <_<), wasted weekends on noob Sugi Golds... Yeah, that's really weird today with all that sponsor thing, countless exp incenses and such, but it was really fun. Exploring, trying new stuff... I loved that, and I could feel that again 2 days ago with the Lord of the Flies patch. Ok, it wasn't hard, but c'mon, we're level 90+ with complete builds and gameplay experience, it's not meant to be hard.

But anyway, I just wanna thank you all who played Megaten with me this year, I had a really good time, and some LOLmoments that I'll NEVER forget, because if we don't laugh on our 10+ hours Ichi marathons we'll just go insane, right?
And if you didn't saw me these days it's because (not that you should care :x):

1) Fail internet connection is fail. I've DC'd so much that I didn't even bothered to turn on my comp some days.

2) IRL stuff. Relationship + friends + work = loss of weight, so everyone should do that. D:<

3) Grand Fantasia. Yeah, I've been playing it and it's not perfect, but it's what I need. I can play different stuff without making new friends since I'm happy with the ones that I have on Megaten/Aeria. And even failing on any kind of PvP (3k hp don't help, working on semi-vit build <_<), at least I'm cute ._.

4) PSP. Finally got mine, and so much stuff that I wanna play lol. Just finished Persona, and I have to say, Atlus did a damn great job. Perfect remake, decent translation, complex Persona creation system, new cutscenes, awesome new soundtrack, AND after all still feels like the old game.

(Pro Jinn sprites)

Btw, I've uploaded the OST here, so have fun with Shoji Meguro.

Epic Note - This is how pro my Ichi runs are:Nuff said.